Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

I always remember a photo in a boxing book as a kid that my dad had. Don't know what happened to it. It was very moving. In black and white and showed you a boxer laying dead on the ring floor. It was an outside fight and the dark sky appeared to have opened and a beam of light appeared to be shining solely on the dead fighter. Like his spirit was getting pulled up to heaven. It was an amazing photograph but I've never been able to find it since

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

Wow. That's the picture yeah. I used to read every boxing book and magazine as a kid. I was obsessed. Me Dad had ring magazines and boxing weekly going back to the 50 ' s. Some fantastic photos spring to mind, graziano all cut up from zale, marciano landing on Walcott, Carmen basilio with a huge swollen face. Loads and loads. I'll have a look through some books and find some for you. But this picture used to really get me. Young up and coming fighter laying dead, his opponent looking on knowing he was dead. And that shaft of light. The picture says it all. I can't describe shit like that...

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

scootay wrote:

Wow. That's the picture yeah. I used to read every boxing book and magazine as a kid. I was obsessed. Me Dad had ring magazines and boxing weekly going back to the 50 ' s. Some fantastic photos spring to mind, graziano all cut up from zale, marciano landing on Walcott, Carmen basilio with a huge swollen face. Loads and loads. I'll have a look through some books and find some for you. But this picture used to really get me. Young up and coming fighter laying dead, his opponent looking on knowing he was dead. And that shaft of light. The picture says it all. I can't describe shit like that...

Errrr - you just did.

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Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

Sounds like quite a collection, you still got it all?

Do you have, have you read Chris Finnegan's biography? Pretty good book. His bouts with Conteh. The fact his brother was such a rouge the newspaper printed up his brother's name as winning an Olympic medal instead of Chris's he was in the courts and news so often. Knobbed some gymnast the night before his Olympic debut. A good read. I read a good Dempsy one too, riding the rails etc... I think it was Dempsey who was managed by Tex Richard? The Tunney one is good in as much as it's well written and he wasn't your average boxer. Harry Greb sounds interesting but I've only read about him in other people's bios.

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

Cuts wrote:

Sounds like quite a collection, you still got it all?

Do you have, have you read Chris Finnegan's biography? Pretty good book. His bouts with Conteh. The fact his brother was such a rouge the newspaper printed up his brother's name as winning an Olympic medal instead of Chris's he was in the courts and news so often. Knobbed some gymnast the night before his Olympic debut. A good read. I read a good Dempsy one too, riding the rails etc... I think it was Dempsey who was managed by Tex Richard? The Tunney one is good in as much as it's well written and he wasn't your average boxer. Harry Greb sounds interesting but I've only read about him in other people's bios.

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

Re: Did we have a thread of great sports photographs, if not lets start on

scootay wrote:

Cuts wrote:

Sounds like quite a collection, you still got it all?

Do you have, have you read Chris Finnegan's biography? Pretty good book. His bouts with Conteh. The fact his brother was such a rouge the newspaper printed up his brother's name as winning an Olympic medal instead of Chris's he was in the courts and news so often. Knobbed some gymnast the night before his Olympic debut. A good read. I read a good Dempsy one too, riding the rails etc... I think it was Dempsey who was managed by Tex Richard? The Tunney one is good in as much as it's well written and he wasn't your average boxer. Harry Greb sounds interesting but I've only read about him in other people's bios.

Best boxing book I read is this, by Jose Torres, Ali's sparring partner and light-h'weight champ, also Olympic gold medalist - great writer, really talks about the mental challenge of getting into a ring. Intro by Norman Mailer, bit of a pseud but also a good writer http://www.amazon.com/Sting-Like-Bee-Mu … like+a+bee